American Red Cross CPR and First Aid instructors available. First Aid: Learn how to respond to common first aid emergencies, including burns; cuts; head, neck and back injuries and more. CPR/AED: Learn how to respond to cardiac and breathing emergencies in adults, including the use of automated external defibrillators (AED).

Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training course designed to give members of the public key skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind Mental Health First Aid demonstrates that it makes people feel more comfortable managing a crisis situation and builds mental health literacy — helping the public identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness. Specifically, studies found that those who trained in Mental Health First Aid have greater confidence in providing help to others, greater likelihood of advising people to seek professional help, improved concordance with health professionals about treatments, and decreased stigmatizing attitudes.

Learning objectives: Recognize the potential risk factors and warning signs for a range of mental health problems, including: depression, anxiety/trauma, psychosis and psychotic disorders, substance use disorders, and self-injury; Use a 5-step action plan to help an individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional help; Interpret the prevalence of various mental health disorders in the U.S. and the need for reduced negative attitudes in their communities; Apply knowledge of the appropriate professional, peer, social, and self-help resources available to help someone with a mental health problem treat and manage the problem and achieve recovery.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is a 8-hour training course designed to give members of the public key skills to help an adolescent (approximately between the ages 12-18) who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind Mental Health First Aid demonstrates that it makes people feel more comfortable managing a crisis situation and builds mental health literacy — helping the public identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness. Specifically, studies found that those who trained in Mental Health First Aid have greater confidence in providing help to others, greater likelihood of advising people to seek professional help, improved concordance with health professionals about treatments, and decreased stigmatizing attitudes.

Learning objectives: Recognize the potential risk factors and warning signs for a range of mental health problems, including: depression, anxiety/trauma, psychosis and psychotic disorders, substance use disorders, and self-injury; Use a 5-step action plan to help an individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional help; Interpret the prevalence of various mental health disorders in the U.S. and the need for reduced negative attitudes in their communities; Apply knowledge of the appropriate professional, peer, social, and self-help resources available to help someone with a mental health problem treat and manage the problem and achieve recovery.

Through a law enforcement collaborative with the Ocean County Justice Involved Services Task Force, PBH, OMHS, Barnabus Behavioral Health PESS and NAMI, supported by Ocean County Department of Human Services, we provide Mental Health Awareness and Informational Sessions to interested police municipalities in the county.
There are 4 hour sessions that provide information about the following topics:
-Signs and Symptoms of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse in adults, adolescents and children
-Overview of Preferred Children's Services Children's Mobile Response and Stabilization Service
-Overview of Psychiatric Emergency Screening Services (PESS)
-The Partnership between Mental Health and Law Enforcement
-Overview of Ocean County's Mental Health Services
-NAMI
-Self-Care for Law Enforcement

To date we have provided this for Toms River PD and Manchester PD and are scheduled to present at Stafford PD in May. We have trained over 150 sworn officers total, and some dispatchers.

Addresses the problem of substance abuse among children and teens from a parent/adult perspective. Parents and caregivers will learn about tools and communication skills necessary to encourage children to make positive life choices.

Learning objectives: Identify trends in substance abuse by young people; identify reasons for initial first use by young people; learn basic information about signs and symptoms of common drugs of abuse; learn effective strategies for talking to children about drugs.

Focuses on the issue of bullying among students from a teacher/parent perspective. Courageous Kids supports the OLWEUs Bullying Prevention Program, a research-based, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention model program developed by Dr. Dan Olweus. Couregous Kids for Adults explores the reasons behind bullying, the personal role of the adult (parent/caregiver/teacher) in stopping and prevention bullying behaviors and effective ways to prevent bullying among our youth.

Is designed to educate parents of young children on how to raise children to become reasonable citizens. EPIC helps all children, including those experiencing the normal challenges of growing up and facing exceptional social and economic barriers.

Learning objectives: learn new skills to improve family interaction; learn new skills to encourage each child’s development and individuality; learn skills to resolve conflicts and problems; develop confidence in one’s ability to “parent.”

Is a multi-session program designed to educate the parents of children in grades 4-8 on how to reduce the risk that their children will develop drug problems. The curriculum is based on research conducted by Dr. David Hawkins and Dr. Richard Catalano of the University of Washington and is recognized by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention as a model program.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is a 8-hour training course designed to give members of the public key skills to help an adolescent (approximately between the ages 12-18) who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind Mental Health First Aid demonstrates that it makes people feel more comfortable managing a crisis situation and builds mental health literacy — helping the public identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness. Specifically, studies found that those who trained in Mental Health First Aid have greater confidence in providing help to others, greater likelihood of advising people to seek professional help, improved concordance with health professionals about treatments, and decreased stigmatizing attitudes.

Learning objectives: Recognize the potential risk factors and warning signs for a range of mental health problems, including: depression, anxiety/trauma, psychosis and psychotic disorders, substance use disorders, and self-injury; Use a 5-step action plan to help an individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional help; Interpret the prevalence of various mental health disorders in the U.S. and the need for reduced negative attitudes in their communities; Apply knowledge of the appropriate professional, peer, social, and self-help resources available to help someone with a mental health problem treat and manage the problem and achieve recovery.

PBHG recognizes the increasing need for professional, cost-effective and appropriate training for school faculty and staff. To enhance our services to the school district, Prevention First provides web-based faculty training specifically designed to support and maintain healthy and safe school communities.

For public schools: Satisfy New Jersey State Department of Education mandates
For private schools: Gain a competitive advantage by offering training that is proven to be effective, although not required by law.
For all schools: Save time and money and implement guaranteed learning courses for faculty and staff

When your district orders eLearning courses from PBHG, you receive seven one-hour online interactive course on current subjects relevant to school communities and 10-15 minute mini-classes on all seven subjects to provide overviews to users.

FEATURES:
-Easy-to-use, interactive courses;
-Faculty and staff learn at their own pace;
-Delivery through a secure, web-based platform available anytime (based on district rules);
-Custom reporting for each school district;
-Technical support for staff and administrators available at any time, with guaranteed response

Focuses on the issue of bullying among students from a teacher/parent perspective. Courageous Kids supports the OLWEUS Bullying Prevention Program, a research-based, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention model program developed by Dr. Dan Olweus. Couregous Kids for Adults explores the reasons behind bullying, the personal role of the adult (parent/caregiver/teacher) in stopping and prevention bullying behaviors and effective ways to prevent bullying among our youth.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is a 8-hour training course designed to give members of the public key skills to help an adolescent (approximately between the ages 12-18) who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind Mental Health First Aid demonstrates that it makes people feel more comfortable managing a crisis situation and builds mental health literacy — helping the public identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness. Specifically, studies found that those who trained in Mental Health First Aid have greater confidence in providing help to others, greater likelihood of advising people to seek professional help, improved concordance with health professionals about treatments, and decreased stigmatizing attitudes.

Learning objectives: Recognize the potential risk factors and warning signs for a range of mental health problems, including: depression, anxiety/trauma, psychosis and psychotic disorders, substance use disorders, and self-injury; Use a 5-step action plan to help an individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional help; Interpret the prevalence of various mental health disorders in the U.S. and the need for reduced negative attitudes in their communities; Apply knowledge of the appropriate professional, peer, social, and self-help resources available to help someone with a mental health problem treat and manage the problem and achieve recovery.

A team’s success can be directly attributed to the team leader's ability to synchronize team members and help them move through predictable stages of development. Knowing and understanding the behaviors of effective leaders and the stages of team development helps organizations ensure success even in the most complex team situations.

This one-day program takes an innovative and flexible approach to complex team issues through a powerful five-step approach. Participants gain tools and learn processes to synchronize team members faster and more successfully to encourage collaboration and better problem solving. Additional modules are available based on team and organizational needs and can be added to expand the training session to a two- or three-day design.

BUILD TRUST. COLLABORATE. SOLVE PROBLEMS.
-Learn the behaviors of effective leaders and members
-Embrace and practice accountability
-Improve productivity in current work teams
-Jump-start existing teams that are floundering
-Understand team dynamics, or the patterns of behavior that occur within a team, to ensure success

Who will benefit: Leaders, internal coaches, and Human Resource professionals who have the responsibility for achieving business goals through more effective teamwork can benefit.

From The Certification Board, Inc. Addiction Professionals Division, “The Certified Prevention Specialist is an individual who has demonstrated competence related to alcohol, tobacco, and drug prevention and who provides services that build capacities of individuals and systems to promote healthy environments, lifestyles, and communities.”

PBHG offers CPS courses for individuals wishing to become certified or for individuals who need re-certification credits. In addition, to best serve the needs of our professional community. PBHG offers special one-time conferences and workshops that address various issues related to the prevention of substance abuse, bullying, and violence.

PBHG will provide a customized safety assessment to determine risks to the health and safety of your employees and consumers. PBHG will provide recommendations and tips for a safer workplace and dealing with violent intruders.

An early childhood, resiliency-based curriculum designed to teach healthy decision-making skills to children in preschool-grade 2. Al’s Pals helps children develop personal, social and emotional skills through guided creative play, puppetry and role-playing and teaches them how to express feelings appropriately, think independently, accept differences, make good choices and understand the negative impact alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs can have on their lives.

Learning objectives: Learn to make safe and healthy choices; identify feelings and learn to share them; learn new skills to help problem-solve; understand the negative impact of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Focuses on life skills for children in grades 2-3 through the use of puppetry, songs, and imaginative stories. Through interactive sessions, children learn how to handle challenging social situations among peers and within the family and are encouraged to make positive choices about alcohol and other drugs, which helps them to develop the desire to live a healthy life.

Addresses decision-making skills and life skills development for children, preschool – grade 1. A puppet-based primary prevention program, Forest Friends is designed to help young children learn basic life skills in order to positively deal with anger, disappointment, peer pressure and conflict and teaches children coping skills needed to grow up resilient to the risks of violence and substance abuse.

Learning objectives: Promote alternative ways of dealing with anger, disappointment, peer pressure and conflict; encourage children to value self-esteem and self-respect; equip children with ways to value and maintain personal health.

Addresses alcohol, tobacco and other drug use/abuse prevention for special needs students, grades 9 – 12. Project Oz uses age-appropriate lessons to assist students in developing communication skills, responding to peer pressure and expressing emotions. Students will develop a strong self-concept, which is a powerful deterrent to drug use.

Learning objectives: Encourage students with special needs to value/maintain sound personal health and positive self-concept; gain a better understanding of the dangers associated with drug use; learn resistance skills to drug use and alternatives to dealing with problems.

We’re Not Buying It (WNBI 2.0) is an educational curriculum aimed to reduce early first use of alcohol, marijuana, prescription and over the counter medications, as well as bullying behavior for students in grades 6-8. Using a mix of lecture, discussion and activities, WNBI 2.0 allows youth the opportunity to learn and practice skills and strategies to identify pro-use messages in popular music, television, movies and numerous forms of social media.

Learning objectives: Recognize how media can affect decisions related to the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, and bullying; learn message identification skills, including how to identify pro-use messages; and deconstruct media messages regarding: (1) Movies and underage alcohol use, (2) Music and marijuana, (3) Television and prescription medications, and (4) Social media and bullying - including cyber-bullying.

Learning objectives: demonstrate competence in skills such as problem-solving and problem-avoidance; learn to cope effectively with the highest risk factors; practice how to manage different feelings; learn where to go for positive support and direction.

Designed to address violence, substance abuse and antisocial behavior problems for referred students, grades 6 - 12. KIV is an educational curriculum about changing the beliefs and behaviors that lead to violence, drug abuse/dependency, criminal behavior and school and social failure. The interactive sessions provide opportunities to learn and practice skills and strategies directed at changing the behaviors, attitudes and personal beliefs that lead to and continue the cycle of failure.

Learning objectives: Learn the power of thoughts and the mind; learn how to use self-talk; learn simple processes to solve everyday problems, enhance communication, safely handle emotions and improve decision-making skills; learn where to go for positive support.

Designed to address life skills development for children, grades 3 - 8. LST is the most extensively evaluated substance abuse prevention program available and is proven to reduce the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs by youth. The program is a research-based curriculum developed by Dr. Gilbert Botvin, director of the Institute for Prevention Research and Cornell University Medical College. LST seeks to promote health and well-being among children through the delivery of general life skills, health skills and drug-resistance skills via interactive discussions, behavioral rehearsals and educational activities.

Learning objectives: Develop and increase social skills such as communication and assertiveness; develop and increase personal skills such as self-esteem and stress management; gain an increased awareness of alcohol, tobacco and other drug health risks; learn skills to help them make healthy decisions.

Focuses on healthy relationships and safe dating for students, grades 6 - 12. The Healthy Relationships/Safe Dates program is that educates teens as to what constitutes an abusive relationship, what dating abuse is. The curriculum provides them the skills and resources necessary to avoid being a victim or perpetrator of abuse and is research-based with proven, long-term results.

Learning objectives: Develop a better understanding of what makes up a healthy relationship; identify what an abusive relationship is and how to avoid one; equip students to assist a friend in an abusive relationship; ability to identify resources available to help.

Focuses on the problem of bullying for students in grades 6 to 8, providing them with a better understanding of what bullying is, the roles of a bullying situation, who is affected by bullying and what can be done to stop it.

Focuses on the problem of bullying for students K - 5. It challenges children to reflect on the reasons why people bully and their role in stopping and preventing bullying behaviors. The curriculum supports the OLWEUS Bullying Prevention Program(R), a research-based, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention model program developed by Dr. Dan Olweus. The interactive presentation sessions engage children with storytelling, skill practice and hands-on activities. Lessons empower children with skills needed to stop the bullying behaviors that plague all schools and communities.

Designed to address the problem of online harassment, intimidation and bullying for students in grades 6 to 12. The program examines bullying via all electronic means, including texting, social media and cell phones. It engages students to examine the role of bystanders in cyberbullying situations and highlights skills needed to ensure safe school environments.

Addresses the problem of bullying in grades 6 - 8. Children are challenged to reflect on the reasons why people bully and what can be done to stop it. Discussions promote strategies to understand bullying behaviors and empower children with the skills needed to put an end to taunting and intimidation.

We’re Not Buying It (WNBI 2.0) is an educational curriculum aimed to reduce early first use of alcohol, marijuana, prescription and over the counter medications, as well as bullying behavior for students in grades 6-8. Using a mix of lecture, discussion and activities, WNBI 2.0 allows youth the opportunity to learn and practice skills and strategies to identify pro-use messages in popular music, television, movies and numerous forms of social media.

Learning objectives: Recognize how media can affect decisions related to the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, and bullying; learn message identification skills, including how to identify pro-use messages; and deconstruct media messages regarding: (1) Movies and underage alcohol use, (2) Music and marijuana, (3) Television and prescription medications, and (4) Social media and bullying - including cyber-bullying.

Addresses bullying for students in grades 9 - 12. Real-life scenarios are used to get youth talking and students learn how to own their power in decision-making. Students take a close look at why they don't show their true selves, how we are conditioned into thinking that we must "act" a certain way, how to truly communicate with others and how their actions affect others.

An early childhood, resiliency-based curriculum designed to teach healthy decision-making skills to children in preschool-grade 2. Al’s Pals helps children develop personal, social and emotional skills through guided creative play, puppetry and role-playing and teaches them how to express feelings appropriately, think independently, accept differences, make good choices and understand the negative impact alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs can have on their lives.

Learning objectives: Learn to make safe and healthy choices; identify feelings and learn to share them; learn new skills to help problem-solve; understand the negative impact of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Focuses on life skills for children in grades 2-3 through the use of puppetry, songs, and imaginative stories. Through interactive sessions, children learn how to handle challenging social situations among peers and within the family and are encouraged to make positive choices about alcohol and other drugs, which helps them to develop the desire to live a healthy life.

Addresses nutritional education for children, pre-school - grade 2. This is a puppet-based nutrition education program that brings nutrition to life via hands-on activities that teach simple nutrition concepts. The program encourages the development of cleanliness skills and provides participants with a variety of cooking and tasting experiences.

Learning objectives: Introduce children to a variety of nutritious foods; address the various ways in which different foods help the body stay healthy; develop confidence, independence and motor skills associated with the preparation of nutritious foods.

Addresses healthy decision-making for children, pre-school – grade 2. Using a variety of visuals and hands-on activities, this program introduces age-appropriate topics to help children make healthy choices and teaches consequences that can occur when unhealthy living is practiced. Each lesson challenges children to think and individually problem solve, offering healthy alternatives as needed.

Is designed to educate parents of young children on how to raise children to become reasonable citizens. EPIC helps all children, including those experiencing the normal challenges of growing up and facing exceptional social and economic barriers.

Learning objectives: learn new skills to improve family interaction; learn new skills to encourage each child’s development and individuality; learn skills to resolve conflicts and problems; develop confidence in one’s ability to “parent.”

Addresses decision-making skills and life skills development for children, preschool – grade 1. A puppet-based primary prevention program, Forest Friends is designed to help young children learn basic life skills in order to positively deal with anger, disappointment, peer pressure and conflict and teaches children coping skills needed to grow up resilient to the risks of violence and substance abuse.

Learning objectives: Promote alternative ways of dealing with anger, disappointment, peer pressure and conflict; encourage children to value self-esteem and self-respect; equip children with ways to value and maintain personal health.

Designed to address life skills development for children, grades 3 - 8. LST is the most extensively evaluated substance abuse prevention program available and is proven to reduce the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs by youth. The program is a research-based curriculum developed by Dr. Gilbert Botvin, director of the Institute for Prevention Research and Cornell University Medical College. LST seeks to promote health and well-being among children through the delivery of general life skills, health skills and drug-resistance skills via interactive discussions, behavioral rehearsals and educational activities.

Learning objectives: Develop and increase social skills such as communication and assertiveness; develop and increase personal skills such as self-esteem and stress management; gain an increased awareness of alcohol, tobacco and other drug health risks; learn skills to help them make healthy decisions.

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